Lyrics The Naming Of Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber, "Cats" 1981 Original London Cast

The Naming Of Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber, "Cats" 1981 Original London Cast
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Naming Of Cats, artist - Andrew Lloyd Webber. Album song Cats, in the genre Мюзиклы
Date of issue: 31.12.1980
Record label: The Really Useful Group
Song language: English

The Naming Of Cats

They are proud, however, and they explain to their human visitors
who they are and reveal that cats have three different names:
the one the family uses daily, the more dignified name and a secret
name.
It is the cat’s contemplation of the latter that keeps felines
in deep thought.
ALL (Whispering):
The naming of cats is a difficult matter
It isn’t just one of your holiday games
You may think at first I’m mad as a hatter
When I tell you a cat must have three different names
First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey
All of them are sensible, everyday names
But I tell you a cat needs a name that’s particular
A name that’s peculiar and more dignified
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular?
Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum
Names that never belong to more than one cat
But above and beyond there’s still one name left over
And that is the name that you will never guess
The name that no human research can discover
But the cat himself knows and will never confess
When you notice a cat in profound meditation
The reason, I tell you, is always the same
His mind is engaged in rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name
His ineffable, effable, effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name
Name, name, name, name, name, name

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Artist lyrics: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Artist lyrics: "Cats" 1981 Original London Cast